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Anna and FraLuchi stayed with us years ago. When her husband got too long-winded and 'splainy,' Anna would stand behind his chair, waving her hands just like he waved his, and making faces! They were quite a pair. Gracious and full of stories...
The easy and obvious solution is to start closer to Santiago.
And I find that since my only "job" on the Camino is to walk from point A to point B that I can walk farther on the Camino than I can at home where I have a dozen other tasks that I...
I think that ship sailed long ago. Personally I'm not much concerned about the 'authenticity' of a particular route. My own understanding of pilgrimage is focussed much more on the destination than the route. So for me any route which leads a...
Funny story about age…I walked my first camino with my father in law and when we went to receive our compostelas he thought he would probably be the oldest that day at 75…well as fate would have it the name above his in the registrar that day was...
Such sad news to log on to here. Anna and Fraluchi were such a huge part of this community when I first started researching all things Camino. Their legacy will live on here with our search engine, their sharing will continue.
Rest in Peace!
I am 79 and will turn 80 just after the El Camino and just before we walk the Le Puy envalley. We will take 2 months walking each walk, no need to rush at our age. Buen Camino
When you started this thread I was too young to respond.
This year in August, I'll be 72.
And this year will be the 21st time I've walked a Camino.
I still have the VDLP and Malaga routes to finish and a few other routes I'm looking forward to...
Hi all!
I see I started this thread in 2018 and someone has resurrected it from the archives. I am here to tell you that after nearly six years I have now joined the ranks of the 70+ crowd. I leave in 11 days for the Sanabres and I feel very...
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